SOUTHEA S TERN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDING S OF THE 69TH ANNUAL MEETING November 7-10, 2012 BULLETIN 55 — 2012 HILTON BATON ROUGE CA P ITOL CENTER BATON ROUGE , LOUI S IANA Blank Page Bulletin 55—2012 Southeastern Archaeological Conference BULLETIN 55 2012 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 69TH ANNU A L MEETING NOVE mb ER 7-10, 2012 HILTON BA TON ROUGE Cap ITOL CENTER BA TON ROUGE , LOUISI A N A Edited by: Rebecca Saunders Donald G. Hunter Beverly Nuschler Hosted by: Coastal Environments, Inc. LSU Museum of Natural Science LSU Department of Geography and Anthropology Louisiana Division of Archaeology Meeting Organizers: Richard A. Weinstein Rebecca Saunders David B. Kelley i Southeastern Archaeological Conference Front Cover Image: A portion of George Henry Victor Collot’s 1796 Plan of Fort Baton Rouge showing the location of Spanish Governor Bernardo de Galvez’s artillery (Item “G”) situated on top of a “mound” during the attack against the British Fort at Baton Rouge (Item “H”) in September 1779. Historical Markers place the location of Galvez’s battery approximately 500 feet south of the Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center near the present intersections of North Boulevard and Third Streets. Recent historic map overlays suggest the actual location of the bat- tery was about 300 feet east of the hotel location on Convention Street about midway between Lafayette and Third streets. The British fort was immediately south of the Pentagon Barracks between North Third and Front streets, approximately 1,200 feet south of the Louisiana State Capitol Building. Production & Layout by: Donald G. Hunter, Coastal Environments, Inc. 1260 Main Street Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Printing by: Connelly Press & Copy 9864 Professional Blvd. Baton Rouge, LA 70809 © Southeastern Archaeological Conference ISSN-0584-410X ii Bulletin 55—2012 Tab LE OF CONTENTS Preface and Acknowledgments ........................................................................................................................... v General Information ............................................................................................................................................ 1 Hotel Floor Plan ...................................................................................................................................................2 Special Meetings and Events .............................................................................................................................. 3 Program Organization ......................................................................................................................................... 4 List of Symposia .............................................................................................................................................. 4 List of General Sessions .................................................................................................................................. 4 List of Poster Sessions ..................................................................................................................................... 5 List of Workshops ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Annual Meeting Program .................................................................................................................................... 6 Thursday Morning ........................................................................................................................................... 6 Thursday Afternoon ....................................................................................................................................... 10 Friday Morning ............................................................................................................................................. 10 Friday Afternoon ........................................................................................................................................... 14 Saturday Morning .......................................................................................................................................... 18 Saturday Afternoon........................................................................................................................................ 20 Student Paper Competition Entries ................................................................................................................... 21 Abstracts of Symposia ...................................................................................................................................... 22 Abstracts of Papers and Posters ........................................................................................................................ 25 Abstracts of Workshops ................................................................................................................................... 73 Abstract of the SEAC Student Affairs Luncheon ............................................................................................ 74 2012 SEAC Lifetime Achievement Awards for 2012 ....................................................................................... 75 iii Southeastern Archaeological Conference iv Bulletin 55—2012 PREF A CE A ND ACKNOWLEDG M ENTS Welcome to Baton Rouge and the 69th Annual Thursday evening’s SEAC reception is being held Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Confer- in another downtown museum—at the Louisiana State ence. The conference was last held in Baton Rouge in Museum. The year 2012 marks the 200th anniversary 1997; Rich Weinstein and I were the organizers (with a of Louisiana’s entry into the Union, and the museum great deal of help from David Kelley) at that event as offers exhibits devoted specifically to that event. We well. I can’t imagine why we agreed to do this again, hope everyone enjoys the museum and its exhibits but, unlike last time, alcohol was not involved (at least while partaking of the fine food and beverages being not very much). served. There is lots to do in Baton Rouge; the SEAC This is actually the third SEAC in Baton Rouge. Thursday night reception at the State Museum and the The fledging organization met for the fifth time here in Saturday dinner on the USS Kidd are good examples of 1940. The meeting was held in the Geology Building the diversity of downtown life. We’d also like to draw at LSU. James Ford was the chairman, George Quim- your attention to the Old State Capitol Museum, just by was the secretary, and Bill Haag was the editor of across the street, south of the hotel. The building was the newsletter. Lodgings for the men were in the Law completed in 1850; and was burned, twice, in the Civil Dormitory, at 60 cents a day. The program notes in- War. Unusual for its time and place, the Old State Capi- dicate that “other [unspecified] provisions were made tol is considered one of the most distinguished exam- for the women.” There were no concurrent sessions ples of Gothic Revival architecture in the United States. and 22 papers in all. Some contemporary observers were not so impressed. Mark Twain thought it was the ugliest building on the This year, we have as many as 8 concurrent ses- Mississippi. Observing the restoration of the building sions. There are 13 symposia containing 155 papers; after War, riverboat pilot Twain steamed: 112 general session papers; 51 posters; 3 workshops; and, for the first time in a long time, a plenary session It is pathetic enough that a whitewashed with 8 contributors. The plenary session required that castle, with turrets and things—materials all we limit presenters to two roles this year—the policy ungenuine within and without, pretending to was the result of an extended discussion by the Execu- be what they are not—should ever have been tive Board—and we appreciate the graciousness with built in this otherwise honorable place; but it which all of you complied. is much more pathetic to see this architectural falsehood undergoing restoration and perpet- Y’all were also amazingly good-humored about uation in our day, when it would have been so the atrocious behavior of the website. Believe us, we easy to let dynamite finish what a charitable are already working with next year’s organizers to de- fire began [Life on the Mississippi, 1883] velop a better registration and submission system. The building was extensively refurbished in the 1990s From the LSU end of things, we have to most when it became a museum of Louisiana political histo- gratefully acknowledge the efforts of LSU Museum ry—and a museum well worth visiting. of Natural Science Collections Manager, Beverly v Southeastern Archaeological Conference Nuschler in preparing the program. This was espe- Louisiana State Archaeologist at the Division of Ar- cially difficult this year because of the aforementioned chaeology (Marksville tour); and Thurston and Sara wretched online system. Beverly was a rock. On the Hahn of CEI (Baton Rouge walking tour). Sara also Coastal end, working with Don Hunter on the program graciously agreed to oversee organization of the book and bulletin layout made the whole thing practically room. pleasant. We also should acknowledge the folks who “volunteered” to lead the tours on Saturday afternoon: Thank you for coming to Baton Rouge, and we hope Rob Mann of LSU and the Louisiana Division of Ar- you all have a wonderful and meaningful experience chaeology (St. Francisville tour); Chip